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Innovative ways of working with researchers
Fiona Christie and Tahira Majothi: Careers ConsultantsVictoria Sheppard: Research Skills Coordinator
Vitae Conference, 6 - 7 September 2010
PGR community at Salford
Science & Technology (Built Env; Computing Science & Engineering)
Arts & Social Science
Health & Social Care
RC-Funded
Split-site &
Distance
Learners
Professional Doctorates
PhD by Published
worksPractice-based PhDs
Researcher Development
Careers & Employability
Research Skills
Research Technologies
Teaching & learning
Online Technologies
Stayin
g Connecte
d
Raising awareness
‘post-event’ presence
Training Delivery
Visibility of research & researchers
Community
Active engagement
Careers BlogSkills & Technologies blog
Online newsletter
Reflective practice
Researcher blogs
Online profiles
A closer look at some examples….
• “The GTA Corner” – an early attempt to create an online community
• 2009-10: PhD Student perspectivehttp://vimeo.com/14637849
• Careers blog
Careers blog• Practical solution
• Inspired by good practice elsewhere
• Finding a voice and building an audience
• Transparency of professional staff
• Part of a blog family
• Is it worth it?
Careers blog – some stats
Enablers• Credibility of social media as research
within University
• Buy-in from senior staff
• Experimentation: trial and error
• Research technologist
• Collaboration
Limitations/challenges
• Recognition that still resource-intensive
• IT Infrastructure and support
• Overload of options!
• Measuring impact
Next Steps• ‘Virtual Doctoral School’ as space that
brings everything together
• Getting researchers more actively involved….
• …and their supervisors!
LinksSalford PGR website: http://www.pg.salford.ac.uk
PGR Blogs: careers http://www.careers.salford.ac.uk/students/phd/blog/
Skills Training & research technologies: http://www.pg.salford.ac.uk/blog/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/SalfordPGRs
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/salfordpgrs/
Diigo social bookmarking: http://groups.diigo.com/group/skills-training-and-research-technologies
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/salfordpgrs
Online conference proceedings: http://tinyurl.com/sparc09proceedings
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/salfordpgrs